Zig Zag Tracer

What you need

• Printouttemplate on A4
• One fingernothing else

How to play

1. 1Put the sheet in front of your child.
2. 2Call out a color. Your child traces that line with the index finger, from the top down to the arrow. No lifting.
3. 3Switch hands after every line.
4. 4Finish with two lines at once, one index finger on each.

Make it harder

• ★Trace with the weaker hand only.
• ★Count backwards from 20 out loud while tracing.
• ★Call two colors, your child remembers the order.

What your child practices

• Eye tracking
• Focus
• Crossing the midline

Printable templates

Sheet 1 of 2Sheet 1: four wavy lines in purple, blue, yellow and red. The arrow shows where the line ends.Sheet 2 of 2Sheet 2: same lines, different color order, so left and right are not the same.

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